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From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Michael Krasny.

President Trump told the United Nations yesterday that the U.S. is officially withdrawing from the World Health Organization effective a year from now.

The announcement comes as the U.S. struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus,

and as Trump continues to blame the WHO for covering up China's early missteps, then the Supreme Court

handed down two big rulings today on religious freedom, and we'll check in with UC Hastings

David Levine on the decisions which deal with employment discrimination and birth control.

That's all next after this news.

Welcome to this morning's forum program. I'm Michael Krasny. The Trump administration officially informed the United Nations yesterday that the United States is withdrawing from the World Health Organization, effective July 6th, 2021. President Trump first announced that he planned to halt funding to the WHO back in April,

criticizing its China-centric response to the coronavirus pandemic. The withdrawal comes as the United States nearest 3 million reported coronavirus cases and his global COVID-related deaths,

top 540,000. And we're going to discuss what led to the U.S.'s decision, as well as the

financial and global public health implications of its withdrawal. Joining us is Naomi Grimley,

Global Affairs correspondent for the BBC, and welcome to the program. Good to have you with us.

Good to be here. Also want to welcome Kelly Lee, who was a Canada Research Chair in Global

Health Governance for Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She was involved in studies on WHO reform during the 1990s, and she co-founded the WHO Collaborating Center on Global Change and Health. And she chaired the WHO Resource Group on Globalization, Trade and Health. And she's also the author of 13 books,

including one about the origins and evolution of the WHO. So welcome Kelly Lee.

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